The person who posted this is an idiot, its just flaimbait. Silverlight is still a brand new technology.
They released Silverlight 1 about a yaer ago, which only supports javascript and which is basically just a precursor of things to come. Silverlight 2 (which supports the.NET framework) just reached BETA in March, and will have its final release being said.
Given these facts, why/how would/could they instantaneously transform all of their webpages to a beta product? It has nothing to do with what they "like", its just business.
Good point. Big Business will try to make it seem like the owners of the routers are being victimized, and that they need protection via legal measures. In reality, most of the people who are having their network used are probably completely unaware that it is happening anyways. I'm sure that in a distinct minority of these cases networks are being exploited to get personal information. But on the large scale, most people who are looking to connect to someones wireless are doing... just that, connecting, with little or no malicious intent other than accessing the glorious internet.
That being said, I am of the opinion that, if you don't know how to set up security on your router (which is an easy thing to do these days!), then you may want to reconsider whether or not you should actually be using it. Legislature seems overeager to try to "solve" problems that don't need fixing.
Well, security is only as good as it is reliable. To create a relatively secure authentication system, you would really need to use several different authentication methods. Just because it is possible to crack one specific technique, it does not mean it is useless. If they created a system that combined some biometrics (probably fingerprints because theyre fast and "easy"), with some additional authentication (papers, passwords, etc), it could theoretically work.
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Use GV Mobile+. In my experience, far better than google's app.
The person who posted this is an idiot, its just flaimbait. Silverlight is still a brand new technology. They released Silverlight 1 about a yaer ago, which only supports javascript and which is basically just a precursor of things to come. Silverlight 2 (which supports the .NET framework) just reached BETA in March, and will have its final release being said.
Given these facts, why/how would/could they instantaneously transform all of their webpages to a beta product? It has nothing to do with what they "like", its just business.
So I say lets make a Mac virus. That way, we can show those arrogant bastards! Who's with me!?
Good point. Big Business will try to make it seem like the owners of the routers are being victimized, and that they need protection via legal measures. In reality, most of the people who are having their network used are probably completely unaware that it is happening anyways. I'm sure that in a distinct minority of these cases networks are being exploited to get personal information. But on the large scale, most people who are looking to connect to someones wireless are doing... just that, connecting, with little or no malicious intent other than accessing the glorious internet. That being said, I am of the opinion that, if you don't know how to set up security on your router (which is an easy thing to do these days!), then you may want to reconsider whether or not you should actually be using it. Legislature seems overeager to try to "solve" problems that don't need fixing.
Well, security is only as good as it is reliable. To create a relatively secure authentication system, you would really need to use several different authentication methods. Just because it is possible to crack one specific technique, it does not mean it is useless. If they created a system that combined some biometrics (probably fingerprints because theyre fast and "easy"), with some additional authentication (papers, passwords, etc), it could theoretically work.